Oroborus21
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT re: Riley Trust Tobacco Compan Stock & WTS
by Oroborus21 ini have no interest in pontificating on this matter which to me seems so straightforward.
however, since i continue to see newbies and others periodically post in error stating that the wts "owns" tobacco company stock i believe that this should be corrected and the matter put to rest, hopefully for good.. .
facts:.
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Checked your Asch?
by Oroborus21 inanyone ever taken this brief test before?.
http://www.dushkin.com/connectext/psy/ch15/asch.mhtml.
i passed, did you?
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ScienoSitter - Could a Watchtower Version be in the Works?
by Oroborus21 in.
so i have been reading a little about the filtering software program, scienositter (sometimes called "sceniositter"), used by the cofs to attempt to restrict access to info on the internet by its members and it sorta raised my antennae a bit because i could easily envision a special thursday night meeting where a jw-version could be distributed to all jws who have a home computer (or made available from the literature counter) with "strong encouragement" to install the program.. sure the program is easily circumvented and maintaining an updated list might be somewhat difficult, though perhaps no more difficult than updating anti-virus software and could even be automated, but still i could see that many jws, especially jw parents who are not keeping up technologically with their kids, might install it thinking that it would be a good thing.. i could also see that it could be packaged with a new wt library cd-rom and installed as part of that process.. now these thoughts are a little more paranoid and conspiratorial re: the society than i generally lean, however, since i do see the internet as being the most potent threat to the status quo and the greatest catalyst for change within the organization, i would be willing to believe that the society might be capable of implementing a tactic such as this.. any thoughts?.
-eduardo leaton jr., esq..
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Thinking about Where's George-type Scenarios
by Oroborus21 inhowdy,.
so i was thinking about phenomena/social cooperatives like wheresgeorge.com, phototag.com, bookcrossing.com etc.. (in case you aren't familiar, these things all essentially allow a person to track things and see where they go and also in part allow people to connect and interact).. anyway i was wondering whether it might be fun to do a jw spin or even just a christian spin to it - if it doesn't exist yet.
i was thinking one possibility might be to use small bibles (maybe even like just gideon bibles and encourage the person to read a chapter and pass their bible on to a stranger.
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Reflections on the Funeral
by Oroborus21 inso i just thought i would drop a few lines here that might be of interest.
just to recap, my father died suddenly two weekends ago while engaged in the field service.
my mother has been a witness since 1946 and my father since a few years after.
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howdy
by Oroborus21 ini know i'm not jwd's most popular participant but even i look at this place as a means of support sometimes.
i just wanted to say that this morning my father died of a heart attack while in field service.. i am on my way to new mexico with my daughter.
as some of you know i am df'd so you know how that goes when attending a jw funeral.
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Calabasas Smoking Ban
by Oroborus21 intonight the city council of calabasas, calif. banned smoking in all public places.
this includes outside areas including parks, sidewalks, camping areas, etc.. the only areas one can now smoke is in their private residence, on their private balcony but not in a common area, or in their car (so long as they don't exhale out the window).
(there are other areas but not sure of the full ins and outs of the ordinance).
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Martin's Method of Giving a Testimony to JWs: Would this really work?
by Oroborus21 inok so i read in walter martin's the kingdom of the cults how he claims to use the following method to give a testimony to jehovah's witnesses who come to his door periodically, and frankly i find it a bit dubious, despite his claims that he has successfully done it many times.
he calls this method "subliminal seeding" (pg.
487-8) [a dubious title already]:.
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Nation of Islam 1914 belief
by Oroborus21 in.
i did not know before that the nation of islam had a 1914 belief that was akin to that of jws.. i thought this was interesting is all.. does anyone know whether this is a current teaching of theirs?
(googling it myself now...) but just thought i would throw it out to the knowledgeable crowd here..... -eduardo
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Are Winter Olympics Boring?
by Oroborus21 inis it just me or are the winter olympics boring?.
i dunno, maybe ice hockey sometimes is interesting and a few of the short speed skating events...but ice skating, all the skiing events, even snowboarding....it all seems pretty boring to me.
and i like to ski but watching it on tv - boring.. the summer games are so much more interesting.. -eduardo